The number of reports to the FDA's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) for the COVID-19 vaccines has increased, but the reports are not necessarily caused by the vaccine and are not indicative of a safety problem.

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In the wake of recent outbreaks in the U.S. and elsewhere, social media posts have downplayed the risks of measles and falsely claimed the vaccine is more dangerous than the actual illness, while the CDC has reiterated that the MMR vaccine is safe and effective and has never caused a measles outbreak.

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Steve Kirsch, a tech entrepreneur, has claimed that leaked data from New Zealand shows the COVID-19 vaccines have killed 13 million people worldwide, despite the lack of evidence and his flawed analysis, which relies on invalid assumptions and does not account for seasonal trends or other potential causes of excess deaths.

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Five Republican senators have penned a letter to President Biden urging him to ban travel to the U.S. from China due to a surge in "mystery" respiratory illnesses, but the evidence suggests the illnesses are likely due to known pathogens and are not unexpected.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate, repeatedly denied saying that "no vaccine" is safe and effective in a "PBS NewsHour" interview, but he made the claim in a July podcast interview.

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As with many medical products, the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines may contain trace amounts of residual DNA from the manufacturing process. It is not considered adulteration, and the Food and Drug Administration is not “required” to pull the vaccines from the market, contrary to viral claims online.

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Online posts are falsely claiming that Bill Gates is behind an effort to use inhalable mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to forcibly vaccinate people without their consent, when in reality no such vaccines have been approved and it is not possible to spray such a vaccine into the air and vaccinate people unwittingly.

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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a self-professed "unapologetic proponent of greater use of fossil fuels," has repeatedly cited false or misleading statistics to downplay the risks of climate change.

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The government is not planning to implement mask mandates or "lockdowns," despite claims from the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

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It’s not known what sparked the wildfires in Maui, although some evidence points to downed power lines. Bogus posts on social media, however, are baselessly claiming the fires were intentionally set.

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